My pgp E-mail is
- Click on the link to mail me...If you want to hide you messages to other than me then code it...

Below is my public key - Paste the key block below into a textfile or save this key block textfile - Import it into PGPkeys (Download PGP from www.pgpi.org.) - Right click in explorer or copy to clipboard or whatever (read the manual...) - ...to cryptate files or messages you want to send to me - If it has to be just between you and me...Please note that this was initial written in 1998, and things may have changed, hopefully to the better...

The PGPi project

October 1999

The PGPi project is a non-profit initiative, whose purpose is to make PGP freely and legally available worldwide.
The project is largely based on unpaid, voluntary effort by security and privacy minded individuals. Funding for
buying the PGP source code books is provided for through private donations and advertisement on our web pages.
The PGPi project concentrates on four different areas:

Scanning and proofreading

Because of the strict US export regulations, strong encryption programs such as PGP cannot be exported
electronically without a special license. In order to get around this problem, every time a new PGP version is
released in the USA, we purchase the PGP source code books from a US book store, ship them to Europe, and
scan, OCR and proofread the entire books (currently over 12,000 pages) to recreate the original program.

Internationalization and development

Because the US versions of PGP contain restrictions and limitations which are not relevant outside the US, we
remove these limitations and add new features, while keeping compatibility with the US versions. Then we publish the corresponding PGPi version (e.g. PGP 6.0.2i is based on PGP 6.0.2, but with some modifications).

Translation and localization

In order to make PGP widespread, it must be localized and translated to other languages than English. PGP 2.6.3i has been translated into some 25 languages, and work is now going on to translate the PGP 5.x/6.x program and accompanying documentation.

Porting PGP to new platforms

The PGP 5.0 version from the US were originally only available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Thanks to the
PGPi project, PGP 5.0i now runs on MS-DOS, Amiga, OS/2 and all kinds of Unix platforms.

Philip R. Zimmermann

December 2005

Philip R. Zimmermann is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy, an email encryption software package. Originally designed as a human rights tool, PGP was published for free on the Internet in 1991. This made Zimmermann the target of a three-year criminal investigation, because the government held that US export restrictions for cryptographic software were violated when PGP spread worldwide. Despite the lack of funding, the lack of any paid staff, the lack of a company to stand behind it, and despite government persecution, PGP nonetheless became the most widely used email encryption software in the world. After the government dropped its case in early 1996, Zimmermann founded PGP Inc. That company was acquired by Network Associates Inc (NAI) in December 1997, where he stayed on for three years as Senior Fellow. In August 2002 PGP was acquired from NAI by a new company called PGP Corporation, where Zimmermann now serves as special advisor and consultant. Zimmermann currently is consulting for a number of companies and industry organizations on matters cryptographic, and is also a Fellow at the Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society.